Towel book support



Get, 15, 1935. A, HQNDEVILLE 2,017,248

TOWEL BOOK SUPPORT Filed Jan. 10, 1954 INVENTOR A; I. Hozzclevfle BY%NEY Patented Oct. 15, 1935 UNITED STAT f PAENT OFFIQE rower. BoonSUPPORT Application January 10, 1934, Serial No. 706,061

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in towel supports. It isparticularly directed to a support for towels which are bound togetherin book form, as shown in my Patent No. 1,973,984, dated Sep- 5 tember18, 1934.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a towel supportwhich while of general application is particularly adapted for domesticuse in kitchens, lavatories and like places.

10 A further object of the invention is to produce such a support forsuch use which will be very inexpensive in first cost and of a simplenature so that it may be readily installed in kitchens, lavatories andlike places and used effectively to 15 detachably support a book oftowels of the character noted. In order to make it practical fordomestic use it is obvious that it must be made inexpensively, simplyand not require a great deal of space when installed.

2 These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawing similar characters of reference 25 indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the support as it would appearwhen attached to the wall and showing suspended thereon a fragmentarypart of a book of towels.

30 Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing how the support might be includedin the combination of a medicine cabinet or like structure.

35 Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawing, A designates the support which comprises base securing flangesI adapted to be secured to the wall by screws or other suitable means.Outwardly from these base 40 flanges I extend a pair of arms 2supporting the towel rod 3. On the upper face-of the rod 3 are the towelhooks. Each hook comprises a stem A turnably mounted through the rod 3preferably in vertical position. On the outer end of the 45 stem 4 is afinger 5 extending at right angles to the stem and substantiallyparallel with the rod 3.

The support is adapted to receive and detachably hold the book of towelsB. This towel book comprises a plurality of individual rectangular 50towels which are compressed tightly together along one edge, as at C,and securely fastened completely alongsaid edge so as to form a. rigidstiff back to the towel book which is not readily distortable in anydirection. This back C is pro- 55 vided with spaced orifices D adaptedto permit the towel book 13 to be hooked over the towel hooks and beheld in position on the rod 3. When the device is in use and a towelbook B is to be inserted thereon the hooks are turned so that thefingersd extend toward the wall and sub- 5 stantially parallel with thearms 2. The towel book 3 is then manipulated so that the fingers 5 areprojected through the orifices D and then the book is pulled forwarduntil the stems 4 are received through the orifices D, leaving thefingers 5 free. These fingers 5 are then turned at right angles so as tolie longitudinally above the rod 3 and over the stiff backing C of thetowel book. The towel book is thus detachably secured in position on therod 3. The stiii back C 15 prevents any tendency to slumping ordistortion of the individual towels but they are all held in positionhanging downwardly substantially at right angles to the rod 3, as shownin Figures 1 and 2.

When the user desires to make use of the towels the uppermost one ispicked up and used and then being soiled is turned back over the fingers5 so as to hang down back of the rod 3 and out of the way of the nextsucceeding clean towel. This operation is continued until all the towelsof the book have been used when the entire book is again thrown forward.The fingers 5 are then turned again to parallel the arms 2 and thesoiled towel book is removed and a clean book inserted in its place.

It will be obvious that the towel book with the rigid back is anessential element to the successful handling of the towels in the mannerdescribed since this rigid back permits a ready insertion and removal ofthe book over the fingers 5 and also holds all the individual towels ofthe book in the suspended relation as they are successively used fromthe book.

It will be quite apparent that the device presents a very simple andinexpensive structure for supporting the towel book and one which can bevery easily and quickly manipulated for the insertion or removal of thebooks while at the same time maintaining the books in rigid positionduring use.

In Figure 3, instead of the rod having the arms 2 and supporting flangesI, it may be supported directly in hangers 6 which depend from amedicine cabinet or other desired structure 1. The method of inserting,removing and using the towel in this modified form would be identicalwith that described in the other views.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A support for a fabricated book of towels having a relatively stiff backformed with spaced orifices, comprising, a rod, supporting means for therod, a plurality of upstanding and turnable pins spaced apart on the rodover which the orifices in the back of the towel book are adapted to bethreaded, and fingers formed on the upper ends of the pins and extendingsubstantially at right angles to said pins and adapted when turned inparallelism with the rod to maintain the relatively stiff back of thebook of towels in a relatively rigid position along the rod, the saidrelatively stiff back of the book of towels forming 10 with the rod aunit over which the individual towels may be thrown as used.

AUGUST I. HONDEVILLE.

